kiet do on mlb's new legal move to keep the a's from moving to the south bay. >> after four years of staying mostly silent about the a's move to san jose, major league baseball finally talks sort of. today, league lawyers filed a motion to dismiss san jose's lawsuit. it says the business of baseball is exempt from the antitrust laws as it has been since 1922, and the city's claims are fatally defective. san jose's attorney calls it a moral issue. >> can major league baseball block a competitor in this country from relocating his business simply because someone else says, "we don't want them to move. ". >> back in june, the city sued the league claiming commissioner bud is illegally blocking the a's move. the a's want to build a new stadium in san jose, but the south bay is giants territory. the league said if san jose loses its lawsuit then every time the team want today move it would lead to absurd results. from any city that does not want to lose its team. >> not what the competitive laws say. that's not what the antitrust laws say for any other business in america. baseball should